The real incomes of the Russians began to fall - so far slightly. The Ministry of Finance, meanwhile, decided, due to which they will be supported Rosstat today published data on real disposable income of the population in January -March 2022. It turned out that in the first quarter, which captured the beginning of the “special operation”, these income decreased by 1.2% in annual terms.

The real disposable income of Russians (income minus mandatory payments, adjusted for inflation) reacted to the “special operation” in Ukraine and Western sanctions with a fall: in the first quarter of 2022, they decreased by 1.2% in annual terms, follows from Rosstat’s estimates of social economic situation of the country in March 2022.

Weekly inflation for the week by April 22 accelerated to 0.25% from 0.2% a week earlier, follows from Rosstat data. Since the beginning of the year, prices have already increased by 11.32%. Sugar (by 1.1%) and fruits and vegetables (by 0.4%) continued to fall in price, margarine (by 2.8%), tea (by 1.8%), rice and salt rose noticeably in price.

The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Ilon Musk, agreed on the purchase of Twitter. The social network will cost the richest person in the world $ 44 billion. If the deal is completed, it will enter the top three of the largest technological sector in the history, and Twitter will turn from a public company into a private one. Why is Ilon Twitter Mask and how is he going to change it?

The Russian budget this year will be executed with a deficit, its minimum size is estimated by the Ministry of Finance at 1.6 trillion rubles, said Finance Minister Anton Siluanov . According to him, shortfalls in income are estimated at this amount, which the budget will not receive due to the delay for businesses in paying insurance premiums for the second and third quarters.

The European Commission proposed to suspend import duties on all Ukrainian exports to the European Union for a year, as well as to cancel all anti-dumping and protective measures of the EU in relation to the export of Ukrainian steel for a year. It is noted that this is "an unprecedented gesture of support for the country." The proposal must be considered and agreed upon by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.

Yandex published financial results for the first quarter of the year. The press release notes that the company is looking into options to resolve the suspension of trading in its shares on Nasdaq. Listing on other exchanges is also allowed. At the end of February, Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange suspended trading in securities of a number of Russian companies, including Yandex NV shares. Trading has not yet resumed, and it is not known when it may resume.

The decline in Russian GDP in 2022, according to preliminary estimates of the Ministry of Economic Development, will be from 8.8% to 12.4% with inflation of 20.7%, said the head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin, speaking at a meeting of the Federation Council. “It is expected that its [economy] fall at the end of this year, according to preliminary, yet discussed estimates of the Ministry of Economic Development, will be 8.8%, and according to a more conservative scenario - 12.4%.

Sergey Kiriyenko, the first deputy head of the presidential administration, became the curator of relations with the DPR and LPR in the Kremlin instead of Dmitry Kozak, RBC writes , citing five sources close to the Kremlin. According to them, now the department for domestic policy (UVP) is responsible for working with the republics, and not the department for border cooperation subordinated to Kozak.

Renault will transfer the control package in AvtoVAZ to the Russian state A month after the French Renault announced plans to “consider all available options” regarding its share in AvtoVAZ, the decision was made: it will be transferred to the state - most likely, FSUE by us. The shares of the Moscow plant Renault will be transferred to Moscow. According to Kommersant, Renault also discussed a deal on other conditions - with the sale of assets.